English Poverty

In a poignant and powerful memoir, David takes us on a compelling journey through his childhood and adolescence in 1970s and 1980s Baltimore. Dear Mama: A Journey Through Poverty, Race, and Resilience is a heartfelt tribute to the indomitable spirit of his mother, who navigated the challenges of raising her children amidst poverty, racial discrimination, and personal turmoil. Through vivid storytelling, David recounts the pivotal moments that shaped his life and his family's trajectory.

Rev. Adam Hamilton, COR, Kansas writing about The Wealth of Poverty says, "Often the church’s efforts addressing poverty involve performing acts of service for or to the poor. These acts are sometimes motivated more by one’s own needs or self-interest than by a genuine concern for the poor. Tina Carter and Mindy Johnson-Hicks invite listeners to take a different approach...."

This is volume two—what Henry George called "the Solution to the Problem". This landmark treatise by the great economist Henry George was first published in 1879. George's work became the seminal analysis of the political economy which inspired most, if not all, the prominent thinkers of the Progressive Movement and many others of great influence: Upton Sinclair, John Dewey, George Bernard Shaw, Friedrich Hayek, H. G. Wells, Clarence Darrow, and Leo Tolstoy, to name but a few. His analyses and proposals are referred to as "Georgism".

Journaling between Father and daughter can be a great way for girls - and dads - to talk about Menarche. Menarche only happens once, but most women will have hundreds of periods before their cycle stops during menopause. Help girls understand the benefits of plant-based period products, as well as specific period-related concerns like birth controls, role of men and boys, Period Innovations, and how to end period poverty.

Andre Norman’s early life put him on a path to prison. Raised in poverty and surrounded by dysfunction, Andre gravitated to his neighborhood gang. His choices there led to time in juvenile detention, and eventually a maximum-security prison, with sentences totaling over 100 years. During that time, Andre became one of the most dangerous gang leaders in the Massachusetts prison system. Then came the epiphany. Just before Andre was to be crowned “King of the Prison,” he had a realization—that he was about to become the “King of Nowhere.”

Paul Polak, whose organization International Development Enterprises (IDE) has directly helped over 17 million people get out of poverty permanently, exposes the top 3 things we are doing wrong in our efforts to end the root causes of poverty. He then, through the story of a Nepali farmer, goes on to detail solutions for what actually works when it comes to ending poverty.

Field has spent his adult life fighting against poverty in Britain, through parliament and through his strong personal influence. Poverty for him has injustice at its root and as he explains in this book, he has found allies on all sides of the political spectrum. He was appointed by Tony Blair to be the Secretary of State for Pensions, but the reforms he advocated were so radical and essentially just, that Tony Blair could not contemplate them and Field stood down. Previously he had been Chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee under John Major.

Lest We Forget is author Otis Teague's wonderful testament of faith exalting God's everlasting love. Brimming with insight and uplifting messages, the book brings a light of inspiration to help many see through the dark times. The author highlights how realizing one's purpose could become the liberating instrument that could help many individuals see life in a new light. It is a part memoir and part inspirational book that explores the importance of understanding one's purpose toward ultimate self-fulfillment.

In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer - homeless and drug-addicted for 11 years - found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write. Soon writing became a habit that won out over drugs, and before long Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time. With humane wisdom and a biting wit, Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York.

Destroying is always easier than creating. Tearing is simpler than swinging. It takes years to construct a building, but it can be destroyed in the blink of an eye. Now, let's see how we can make use of this practical rule. Is it possible to take advantage of destroying poverty instead of making wealth? Doubtlessly, both will lead to the same result.

Hi, I’m Richard Walker, and I wrote Who Cares? A decade ago. The climate crisis and the financial crisis of 2008 were the main motivators for me. Now in 2021, we are still hurtling toward a climate disaster, despite more than 30 years of dire warnings. And we’ve been devastated by a virus even though scientists have been warning governments for the past 40 years. One early warning came from a Nobel Prize winner. Joshua Lederberg he said: “The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is the virus.”

We typically view poverty as a technical problem that we can solve with more money, more technology, and more volunteers. But there is an adaptive side to the problem of poverty, as well. Reframing Poverty directs our attention to the emotional and often unconscious mindsets we bring to this issue.

Is it time to rise above the poverty that surrounds you? Do you need faith and wisdom to reach your full potential? The Journey to Better: 10 Steps of Transforming Poverty into Prosperity challenges the notion that you have to remain a product of your environment - both physically and psychologically. Gabriel Wallace reveals in-depth knowledge on how to transcend the physical and conditional entrapment of adverse environments and helps you discover ways to enlarge your vision.

In Escaping Poverty’s Curse: Hidden Biblical Keys Before It’s Too Late, Alvaro Roberson takes you on a transformative journey that blends spiritual wisdom with real-world experiences. This is not just another self-help book—it’s a roadmap grounded in biblical principles that can renew your mindset, reshape your habits, and realign your heart with God’s will. Discover how obedience unlocks favor, how wisdom in stewardship can multiply blessings, and how the power of faith and action can rewrite your story.

Desperate, driven, harassed to the breaking point, Slake decides to go underground into the sheltering depths of the New York City subway, where he ends up staying for 121 days. This is the story about survival, and about a 13-year-old misfit's attempts to find footing in a hostile and threatening world.

Trickle Up Poverty is your best defense against the Obamanomics that are dragging the middle class, and everyone else, into a Marxist-Socialist death spiral. The Savage manifesto you hold in your hands shows how Obama is circumventing the Constitution to push through his radical agenda - and, most important, how we can restore our country to the power and prestige that Barack Obama and his corrupt and degenerate "czars" are trying to destroy.

Is Justine crazy? Everyone thinks so… Her mother. The kids at school, and the teachers and administrators too. Even the police who pick her up from her night rambles. Maybe them most of all. Justine’s therapist says she is ‘troubled’, but it means the same thing. He thinks that her vivid, reoccurring nightmares and atrocious behavior point to some trauma in her past; but Em, Justine’s mother, can’t explain it. Justine used to have Christian, her best friend and skateboard partner. He was the only one who accepted her.

This is the fascinating life story of Reverend Anthony Burrus, who was born in the roaring twenties to a sharecropper and his wife in the tiny dust bowl town of Castle, Oklahoma. Reverend Burrus was given the unique "gift of languages"; a polylinguist, with a God-given ability to converse in more than 30 languages, Pastor Burrus has ministered to people around the world.

Aren’t you just sick and tired of not being able to live the life you want? At times of trouble, all the doors seem to be closing in and it seems there isn’t a way out. But I am here to tell you there is always a way and sometimes the way is right in front of you! Armed with the proper financial knowledge, you can lift yourself and your family out of a tough situation or any situation for that matter.

The Cyrenian Way: Spiritual Poverty & the Art of Accompaniment is a call to all Catholic Christians throughout the world, as well as to all people of faith to acknowledge their spiritual poverty as the greatest treasure that one could ever possess.